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Commissioners seek applications for citizen boards and councils

Commissioners seek applications for citizen boards and councils

Hillsborough County, Florida -- Hillsborough County Commissioners are seeking residents to serve on several County citizen advisory boards and councils. Residents interested in seeking appointment must be registered voters in Hillsborough County. These are voluntary positions, and members serve without compensation. Applicants may apply to more than one board, but may only serve on one board at a time. All applicants must submit the Standards of Conduct form along with their application.

Sign up for Summer camps

Sign up for Summer camps

Hillsborough County, Florida -- Take advantage of the many parks of Hillsborough County and sign you child up for County Park Summer Camp!

Registration is now open for camps that will run from June 17 to August 9. The cost for traditional day camps, per two-week sessions is $76 and income-based discounts are available. 

Camps include:

Assistant principal denied service dog at school

Tampa, Florida -- The Americans with Disabilities Act says service dogs are working dogs and are free to go anywhere. But when an assistant principal in Hillsborough County asked the district if she could bring her service dog to school their answer was, "No."

Agnes Tanon-Rodenbach, 47, says she spent five months going through the proper channels to get permission to bring her dog to work with her, but the district's answer is still no. 

Rodenbach is on medical leave for a disability she describes as invisible but says is very real. 

Is the Bay area experiencing a housing boom?

South Tampa, Florida -- A company called Metrostudy says it spent three months driving across five Bay area counties checking out 2,100 subdivisions to find out the condition of the construction market.

Home builder Peter Bennett wouldn't call the growth a boom -- not yet -- but says he is finally seeing growth. 

"Everywhere you look there's a new house going up. A couple of years ago, there was nothing."

Bennett says he even has a waiting list of clients these days.  

Short Yellow Lights: Tampa council taking action

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Air pollution precaution issued for Hillsborough County

Tampa, Florida --  The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County is issuing an Air Pollution precaution due to elevated levels of the pollutant ozone.

This precautionary statement is effective immediately Friday, May 17. 

Elevated concentrations have been observed at multiple air monitoring stations and there is still a potential for levels to reach the unhealthy for sensitive groups.

This precaution is based on elevated concentrations of ozone observed at multiple air monitoring stations throughout the day. 

Work with Broadway pros at the Patel Conservatory

Work with Broadway pros at the Patel Conservatory

Tampa, Florida -- Local up and coming actors will have a terrific chance to work with Broadway and television professionals this summer at the Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory. Auditions will be held for the summer intensives “Little Shop of Horrors” and “A Straz Center Revue” this Saturday (May 18) beginning at 1 p.m. Auditions will be held at the Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.